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Nike found abuse-free
Human rights groups believe report a coverup
The Associated Press
ATLANTA — Former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young, hired by Nike to evaluate its labor practices, said in a report yesterday that he saw no widespread abuse of workers at the company's shoe factories in Asia.
Young, who made a 15-day visit to factories in the Far East, said they were clean, well-lighted and didn't resemble what Americans would call sweatshops.
Nike, the world's leading athletic shoe manufacturer, has been accused by human rights groups of brutal work conditions and meager pay. One report said Nike supervisors groped young women as they worked.
"While not a single abuse is acceptable — and there have been such abuses — there was no evidence of widespread and systematic abuse of workers at these factories." Young said.
At the same time, he said the concept of workers' rights was poorly understood in the factories, and Nike's code of conduct was not prominently displayed. He said factory workers needed a better system for filing complaints and getting the complaints investigated.
Young found no such abuse.
Human rights groups branded Young's report as a coverup and said it failed to focus on the main problem: Workers aren't paid enough to live.
"It is my sincerе belief that Nike is doing a good job in the application of its code of conduct," Young said. "But Nike can and should do better."
Nike workers were paid $2.46 a day in Indonesia, $1.60 in Vietnam and $1.75 in China, according to human rights groups. But the basic living wage is about $4 a day in Indonesia and $3 in Vietnam and China, the groups said.
"It's appalling that Andrew Young spent five months, traveled tens of thousand of miles, conducted scores of interviews and came out with a report that fails to address the pitiful wages being paid by Nike," said Medea Benjamin, director of the human rights group Global Exchange.
Young said his consulting firm, GoodWorks International, was not asked to review wages.
Nike said it would implement Young's recommendations and take even stronger steps, fining factories that violated the code of conduct.
Sampras scores first-round win
Chang loses on grass; Hingis wins after fit
The Associated Press
WIMBLEDON, England — Intent on regaining the title he lost last year, Pete Sampras cranked up his serve and began what he hopes will be two weeks of productive work at Wimbledon.
Michael Chang can cut short his work schedule. The No. 5 seed staged a fifth-set comeback today but fell short to Australia's Todd Woodbridge, losing 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 6-2, 3-6, 8-6. Woodbridge led 5-1 in the fifth set before Chang clawed his way back.
Sampras, a three-time Wimbledon champion, defeated Sweden's Mikael Tilstrom 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 in his opening match.
Martina Hingis, the top-seeded woman, had a more trying day. Bouncing her racket in frustration in her first grass-court match in a year, Hingis struggled past a qualifier ranked 218th in the world.
Hingis, the No. 1 woman's player, needed six match points before winning 6-4, 6-4 on the new No. 1 court against Anne Kremer, an amateur from Luxembourg who plays at Stanford.
"It's much harder to play a qualifier because they are used to playing matches on grass," Hingis said. "And she's a hard opponent. I remember I played her in a junior tournament and lost from two match points."
Chang was not the only men's seed to tumble, with four losing out early on the second day of the tournament: No. 7 Mark Philippoussis, No.
11 Gustavo Kuerten and No. 17
Jonas Bjorkman, and women's No.
13 Kimberly Po.
TENNIS
"What can you do when the guy serves this big?" Philippoussis said. "You can't do anything against him."
Greg Rusedski completed a 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (8-6), 6-3 triumph against Philippoussis in a matchup of two big servers. Rusedski needed only 14 minutes to complete his victory, finishing the match with his 27th ace.
Kuerten was beaten in the first round when he double-faulted on match point and lost 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 1-6, 6-4 to Justin Gimelstob of the United States.
Bjorkman was defeated by Britain's Chris Wilkinson, 7-6(7-5), 0-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4. Po lost 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 to Kerry-Anne Guse of Australia.
Three seeds with plenty of Wimbledion experience had no problems reaching the second round.
No. 8 Boris Becker, aiming for a fourth Wimbledon title, cruised to a 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 victory against Spain's Marcos Aurelio Gorriz.
Men's No. 3 seed Yevgeny Kafelinov dropped only six games in a 6-4, 6-2, 6-0 victory against Juan-Antonio Marín of Spain.
Chile's No. 9 seed Marcelo Rios, who last week said he felt that grass should be for cows and soccer fields, won his first Wimbledon match, beating India's Mahesh Bhupathi 6-4, 6-4, 6-3.
Australia's Pat Rafter, seeded No.
12, came back from two sets down
to score a 2-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
won over Grant Stafford of South Africa.
Oldest living Olympian takes the stage
98-year-old athlete gives long-awaited routine to crowd
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — At 98, Leon Stukell realized a dream deferred.
The oldest living Olympian finally performed yesterday at the Los Angeles Coliseum, site of the 1932 Olympic Games he missed when the Yugoslavian government could not afford to send a full team.
Stukelj, trim and vigorous, showed off a few gymnastics moves for a crowd in front of the Coliseum, host of the '32 and '84 Summer Games.
Clad in a dark business jacket and gray slacks, Stukel gripped the edge
of a long metal table, leaned forward and nimply balanced his 100-pound body on his weathered hands, his feet a few inches off the ground.
"I'm still going strong," he said, speaking Slovakian through an interpreter.
His agility delighted viewers of the 1996 Atlanta Games, where Stukelj danced his way up a long flight of stairs in front of President Clinton during opening ceremonies.
Also in Atlanta was diver Aileen Riggin Soule, among the first women to win an Olympic gold medal. She is the oldest living American Olympian at 91.
Stukelj, who won six medals in three Olympics, will be inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Friday.
His pale blue eyes sparkled as they
swept over the vast Coliseum, where he would have been a medal favorite in 1932. Instead, he was unable to defend the Olympic rings title he won at the 1928 Amsterdam Games.
"In '32 they were short on money, and the trip from Yugoslavia to here was expensive," he recalled.
The government wanted to pay for only Stukelj and another athlete, but Stukelj refused to go unless the entire 10-member team went. He now regrets the decision.
"I was in good form, and I was quite sure I would win another two or three medals," he said.
Stukelj, who took up gymnastics in 1908, competed in the first world championships in 1922. He interrupted his career to be a soldier in World War I.
His visit to the Coliseum com
pletes his tour of the sites of his Olympic victories — Paris in 1924, Amsterdam in 1928 and Berlin in 1936 — and Los Angeles, where he didn't compete.
"What I have seen has been my final dream," he said.
He didn't leave the Coliseum empty-handed. Los Angeles County officials presented him with a gold badge to take back to his family in Maribor, Slovenia.
Stukelj's impact on gymnastics is still evident today. He invented a strength move known as the Stukelj cross, performed on the rings.
The Associated Press
Heat guard speeds way to ticket, apology
But he denies threatening police during the incident early Friday.
By then, the oldest Olympian will be 102.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — The Miami Heat's Tim Hardaway apologized after getting stopped by police for driving his $200,000 blue Ferrari in excess of 110 mph in a 40-mp zone.
If his good health continues, look for Stukelj at the 2000 Olympics. He's been personally invited by International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch.
Miami Beach police, however, tell it differently.
"I have friends in high places who can make it very unpleasant for
you," Hardaway said to one of the ticketing officers, according to a police report. "If he arrests me, I'll take him down."
The 31-year-old guard, who led the Heat to the Eastern Conference finals where they lost to the Chicago Bulls in five games, partially apologized Monday for the incident.
"Yes, I was speeding and I apologize for that," Hardaway said in a statement.
"Yes, a conversation did take place between myself and the police officer," Hardaway also said in the statement. "But at no time, in any way, did I threaten him."
Heat coach Pat Riley said that Hardaway was very apologetic about the incident.
"When training camp comes around, I'll make him do 120 on the court," Riley said.
The officer who wrote the report said he had been driving 110 mph
and still could not catch Hardaway's 1979 Ferrari that was traveling west on the McArthur Causeway.
One of the three westbound lanes on the two-mile causeway was closed for construction.
The fine in Florida for driving 30 mph or faster over the speed limit, which is $265, is the same regardless of the top speed. The fine is doubled when the speeding is in a construction zone.
Sportscaster Marv Albert gets new trial lawyer
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Sportscaster Marv Albert has changed lawyers for his case involving a charge of sexual assault in Arlington, Va.
Albert was charged with biting a woman and sexually assaulting her in his hotel room after midnight on Feb. 12.
retained Roy Black, a trial lawyer who has represented William Kennedy Smith and Kelsey Grammer among others. For the past 20 years, Black has taught at the University of Miami Law School.
Black replaced Washington, D.C., lawyer, Gerald Treanor, who voluntarily removed himself from the case.
Albert said yesterday that he has
"I have nothing but the highest
praise for Gerry Treanor, who has so skillfully and professionally represented me not only before the Virginia court system, but before the media, as well." Albert said.
Albert, NBC's lead announcer for NBA games, was indicted last month on charges of forcible sodomy and assault.
The 41-year-old woman told investigators she has known Albert for
about 10 years and that he invited her to his room that night.
Albert, 83, was in the Washington area at the time to announce the previous evening's game between the New York Knicks and the Washington Bullets.
Albert has not formally entered a plea in the case, but has denied any wrongdoing. The trial is scheduled for Sept. 22.
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